whom good kings and queens reign ^ \ who
faves the afiliSfed and opprelTed, and brings
down high looks ' ; and wherein tyrants deal
proudly, Jhews himfelf to be above them ^.
And as her majefty has made appear how
much (he has at heart the common welfare,
by giving a confiderable part of her pro-
perty to carry on this neceifary war with
the greater vigour j fo {he has ihewn her
piety and zeal, in devoting another part of
the revenue of her crown for the more ho-
nourable maintenance of a publick mini{lry,
whofe bufinefs it is to preach the gofpel.
If we {liould trace the many remarkable
fleps of the divine providence for fome years
b I Sam. 2. JO. I •= Pial- iS. 27.
c Pfal. 18. J4, 35. \ ^ Exod. 18. II.